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popularTeaser38 posted May 16, 2026 12:39 AM
popularTeaser38 posted May 16, 2026 12:39 AM

Free unlimited 3 or 7 day data plans for Visa card holders at GigSky

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GigSky now offers free unlimited 3/7 day plans to Visa card holders to Visa Destinations. Your benefit is determined by if your have a Signature (including many prepaid and debit cards) or Infinite level card.

This is in addition to the existing yearly 1/3 GB 15 day international plan for Signature/Infinite cards.

Current Visa Destinations are: United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, France, Thailand and United States.

Requires a carrier unlocked, eSIM capable device.

Multiple cards do give multiple benefits.

https://www.gigsky.com/visa/usa
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GigSky now offers free unlimited 3/7 day plans to Visa card holders to Visa Destinations. Your benefit is determined by if your have a Signature (including many prepaid and debit cards) or Infinite level card.

This is in addition to the existing yearly 1/3 GB 15 day international plan for Signature/Infinite cards.

Current Visa Destinations are: United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, France, Thailand and United States.

Requires a carrier unlocked, eSIM capable device.

Multiple cards do give multiple benefits.

https://www.gigsky.com/visa/usa

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May 16, 2026 05:33 PM
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heidou007May 16, 2026 05:33 PM
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Anybody tried this? Any feedback?
May 17, 2026 04:16 PM
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80211AXMay 17, 2026 04:16 PM
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I tried it in Costa Rica in March, and it was horrible. Had to keep re-entering APN settings manually every time I lost connection in the woods. I would not recommend.
May 17, 2026 11:41 PM
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homers54321May 17, 2026 11:41 PM
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Quote from heidou007 :
Anybody tried this? Any feedback?
I used gigsky on my South East Asia cruise. It worked in thailand, malaysia, and vietnam. It did do something strange where it flashed the ROM of my android phone to AT&T.
Last edited by homers54321 May 17, 2026 at 04:43 PM.
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May 18, 2026 02:41 PM
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AimanA4648May 18, 2026 02:41 PM
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I used this on a recent trip and it was fine. App was a little annoying at first but once the eSIM was set up it worked well
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May 18, 2026 02:47 PM
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skinnywallet42
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May 18, 2026 02:47 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank skinnywallet42

I'll be heading to Thailand and Vietnam in a month. Might have to look into this, but in the past, I generally just go on Trip.com app and buy a cheap local e-sim for under dirt cheap. $5 for 2 weeks cheap.
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May 18, 2026 02:53 PM
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skinnywallet42
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May 18, 2026 02:53 PM
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Quote from homers54321 :
I used gigsky on my South East Asia cruise. It worked in thailand, malaysia, and vietnam. It did do something strange where it flashed the ROM of my android phone to AT&T.

It shouldn't flash anything. When you set up an e-sim, that's how it works. You basically will have multiple profiles. For us, we have Verizon as our US carrier. And when we went overseas, it connected to SK-Telecom. But some of the e-sims overseas will support multiple networks too.


What worked well for me when we went to Japan and South Korea was to set up the e-sim while I had internet back at home. Once I landed, I just switched to the other e-sim and it started working almost immediately. Pretty seamless. Then once you're back at home, switch to the Verizon e-sim. I would caution that you need to be careful as to not turn on your e-sim (or off airplane mode) until you land at home, specifically if you are on you switched back to your USA e-sim. As it will charge you insane charges really quickly once notifications start pushing.
May 18, 2026 03:30 PM
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myact321May 18, 2026 03:30 PM
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I just used the normal 1GB/3GB plan in Switzerland. Worked great. It's not the "unlimited" country, but I have several Visa cards. Almost every card I have qualifies for something once a year.

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May 18, 2026 05:57 PM
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cleeds1May 18, 2026 05:57 PM
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Used the 3gb plan for the Venture X card in Paris in February. Worked really well. Especially, compared to Saily in Costa Rica in March. No need for another phone number or special instructions to get texts as usual.
May 18, 2026 08:06 PM
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alreadypostedMay 18, 2026 08:06 PM
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For iOS their app checks for jailbreak and won't work if you are jailbroken or have traces from an old jailbreak, my secondary phone is jailbroken so they don't like it works on my primary phone with up to date iOS
May 18, 2026 08:15 PM
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calisoldier83May 18, 2026 08:15 PM
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Would this work in Portugal?
May 18, 2026 09:01 PM
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sam_ayMay 18, 2026 09:01 PM
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T-Mobile provides 5 GB per month free access on most countries. Can I use this in conjunction with the T-Mobile plan, which activates automatically and just works as soon as you land into a supported country.
May 18, 2026 09:13 PM
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phdeezMay 18, 2026 09:13 PM
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Quote from sam_ay :
T-Mobile provides 5 GB per month free access on most countries. Can I use this in conjunction with the T-Mobile plan, which activates automatically and just works as soon as you land into a supported country.
This is highly dependent on your plan with T-mobile. In your case, once you exhaust your 5 GB of highspeed data, you could likely activate this as a second eSIM and use it as your "travel sim" (in iPhone terms) and just have your Tmo sim for texts and the like. I don't know about your included international roaming calling minutes, but if you are charged an astronomical fee per minute, just disable your Tmo sim while you're out and about, then switch it back on when you're on wifi for free Tmo wifi calling (I also suggest you activate airplane mode with wifi activated to 100% make sure you don't switch to OTA calling).

Re: Deal - thanks OP! I had no idea this was an option with Visas!

I was actually looking for a deal on an esim while I'm in the Caribbean this summer. Both my wife and I have a Visa Infinite (CSR with her as an AU), so I'm going to see if we each get the free data as we have unique CC numbers. Combine this with other various Visas we have around the house and I think we might make it without having to buy other esims!

I will say that if you use all of the "free" GigSky allotted data, oof, the pricing is not that competitive if you look at the data blocks... Not sure how the 30% off pricing works since a lot of their data plans are "marked down" on their site.
Last edited by phdeez May 18, 2026 at 02:24 PM.
May 18, 2026 09:34 PM
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KonKMay 18, 2026 09:34 PM
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May 18, 2026 10:45 PM
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Teaser38
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May 18, 2026 10:45 PM
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I've used them for cruise ship internet; they work on Telenor Maritime and Cellular at Sea, so that covers pretty much every cruise line. No problems with the service outside the limitations of shipboard cellular.
Unfortunately, they don't list their land based roaming partners, but free is free.

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May 18, 2026 10:52 PM
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May 18, 2026 10:52 PM
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Quote from phdeez :

This is highly dependent on your plan with T-mobile. In your case, once you exhaust your 5 GB of highspeed data, you could likely activate this as a second eSIM and use it as your "travel sim" (in iPhone terms) and just have your Tmo sim for texts and the like. I don't know about your included international roaming calling minutes, but if you are charged an astronomical fee per minute, just disable your Tmo sim while you're out and about, then switch it back on when you're on wifi for free Tmo wifi calling (I also suggest you activate airplane mode with wifi activated to 100% make sure you don't switch to OTA calling).

Re: Deal - thanks OP! I had no idea this was an option with Visas!

I was actually looking for a deal on an esim while I'm in the Caribbean this summer. Both my wife and I have a Visa Infinite (CSR with her as an AU), so I'm going to see if we each get the free data as we have unique CC numbers. Combine this with other various Visas we have around the house and I think we might make it without having to buy other esims!

I will say that if you use all of the "free" GigSky allotted data, oof, the pricing is not that competitive if you look at the data blocks... Not sure how the 30% off pricing works since a lot of their data plans are "marked down" on their site.
Preying on people that overrun their free allotment does seem to be their market strategy. I'd use the data basically to bootstrap some better local plan. I haven't had any problems with the app or eSIM itself.

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